Community price on backpack.tf: 28.0 keys, last changed 2026-08-10 (2mo ago). The live quote above, 26.5 keys, is 5% lower and last moved 11d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $123.66 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-12 01:30 UTC (1d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 26 keys, 31.77 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Salty Dog”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
55 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Bubbling Salty Dog sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-03: 55 observations, from 32.6 keys to 27.1 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
32.6 keys
20.8 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:03 UTC
32.5 keys
20.8 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:33 UTC
29.6 keys
20.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:55 UTC
28.2 keys
19.8 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:43 UTC
28.7 keys
23.9 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 01:37 UTC
25.8 keys
21.7 keys
16 JAN 2026 · 00:14 UTC
25.8 keys
20.1 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 05:43 UTC
24.6 keys
17.3 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
23.7 keys
16.1 keys
15 FEB 2026 · 06:41 UTC
24.9 keys
16.8 keys
26 MAY 2026 · 10:30 UTC
26.9 keys
22.3 keys
3 JUN 2026 · 02:30 UTC
27.3 keys
22.7 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 04:31 UTC
25.8 keys
22.3 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
26.5 keys
23.0 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
27.4 keys
23.8 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
26.1 keys
22.7 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
16.9 keys
14.7 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 06:24 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
20.6 keys
17.9 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
21.3 keys
18.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:08 UTC
24.3 keys
21.1 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
24.6 keys
21.4 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
24.9 keys
21.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
25.2 keys
21.9 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
25.2 keys
21.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
24.7 keys
21.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
25.2 keys
21.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
25.9 keys
22.5 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
26.9 keys
23.4 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
25.9 keys
22.6 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 16:11 UTC
26.0 keys
22.6 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
26.4 keys
23.0 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
26.1 keys
22.7 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
24.0 keys
20.9 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
24.2 keys
21.0 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 02:07 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 20:08 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 00:08 UTC
26.5 keys
23.0 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 15:10 UTC
27.1 keys
23.5 keys
Price history in numbers
55 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Salty Dog's sell price ranged from 20.4 keys to 27.1 keys and is up 11.8% after 6 moves. Over a year it ranged from 16.9 keys to 30.0 keys (down 8.5%). Today's 27.1 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 16.9 keys (19 Jul 2026) and the highest 32.6 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 53 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.